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Mr. Hair Unit 6
Mr. Hair Unit 6
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7th grade mesoamerican
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1
What Mayan artform is still practiced today?
making gold jewelry
sculpting in jade
music and dance
weaving and embroidery
2
How did the Inca ruler send messages?
relay system of messengers
barter system with traders
trained pigeons
water around the mountains
3
What is an ayllu?
a city
a business
an oasis
a clan
4
What was one benefit of settling on an island in Lake Texcoco
had a deep harbor
easy to defend
made of volcanic rock
had dense forests
5
What word best describes the daily life of Mayan peasants?
complicated
sad
hard
pleasant
6
Is it all 'orge' now?
yes
no
7
Reading and writing applied to only which group?
Nobles and Priests
Merchants and Artisans
Peasants
Slaves
8
What made it possible for the Olmec and the Maya to create permanent settlements?
metal tools
sailing
farming
the wheel
9
What was the Incas' most impressive achievement?
conquering many tribes
maintaining their large empire
the solar calendar
writing with a complex alphabet
10
What did the Spanish find when the met the Incas?
people that worked with gold
undeveloped civilization
people without a religion
peaceful people
11
The sets of strings called quipus helped solve what problem of the Incas?
lack of written language
shortage of water
lack of transportation
shortage of administrators
12
The three classes in Inca Society were the emperor, the nobles and the
commoners
bureaucrats
leaders
slaves
13
Mayan achievement in mathematics
algebra
base ten
addition
the zero
14
Which of these activities provided a break from work in a Mayan city-state?
feeding the family's animals
spinning and weaving cotton
making tortillas and tamales
attending ceremonies and rituals
15
The largest number of people in Mayan society were members of what class?
peasants
merchants
nobles
priests
16
Which type of agricultural technique did the May use so they could farm in the mountains?
slash and burn
terraces
crop rotation
raised earth platforms
17
The Mayans used what kind of method to communicate among their empire?
dictionary of sounds
enlarged alphabet
hieroglyphic system
religious rituals
18
What did the Mayan and Aztec civilizations have in common?
system of artificial islands
two calendar system
counting system of 20's
knot system of communication
19
Raised platforms is an example of a farming technique
True
False
20
Mayan art and architecture and the Mayan calendar show that Mayan
civilization was advanced
rulers were merciful
religion was very important
artists were highly honored
21
The ayllu in Inca life is like _______? in American life today?
church organization
small-town neighborhood
factory workforce
volunteer fire department
22
Where was the Inca Empire located?
Asia
Africa
South America
North America
23
What was the one of the Aztecs' most significant technological achievements?
aqueducts of Lake Texcoco
city of Tenochtitlan
invention of the calendar
development of pictographs
24
The Olmecs influcenced the Mayan civilization
True
False
25
A pyramid with two stairways pertains to what tribe?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Olmec
26
Why did the leader Itzcoatl destroy records of his people's history?
to tell a different story of their past
improve his people's productivity
to have more control over people
to prevent challenges to his power
27
What does it mean when the Aztec Empire was based on tribute?
people paid taxes to the Aztec government
they did not accept Aztec leaders
traveled there by river boats
they worshiped gods
28
The Incas built a ___________? to maintain their large empire
a written language
an irrigation system
a road system
a number system
29
Why did the Aztecs need aqueducts, canals, causeways, and dikes?
they lived by the seasons
they were the center of the empire
they lived on an island
to get around easier
30
Who was the Incas' most important god?
earth mother
sun god
sea goddess
sky father
31
Which of the following people in Mayan civilization would be most likely to farm?
a merchant
a priest
a peasant
a ruler
32
What did the Incas do frist when they wanted a new group to join their empire?
killed the tribe's priests
offered tribe membership
paid the tribe's leader
launch a surprise attack
33
Which of the following was part of the Aztecs' writing system?
pictographs
calendars
chinampas
flowery speeches
34
Inca civilization in what mountain chain and time period?
Sierra Madre, 1100-1200CE
Andes, 1400-1532CE
Andes, 700-900CE
Sierra Madre, 1500-1650CE
35
What did the Aztecs demand of the cities that they conquered?
citizens give up their religion
leaders volunteer to be sacrificed
men serve in Aztec army
people pay tribute to the emperor
36
Crops from the allyu went to which three places?
Slaves, Army, Sappa Inca
Temple system, slaves, commoners
Sappa Inca, Army, Temple system
Sappa Inca, Temple system, commoners
37
The Aztecs made pilgrimages to the ruins of Teotihuacan civilization
False
True
